Author: Lucy Chao HoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
"More Gracile Than Yellow Flowers"
Author: Lucy Chao HoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Achievement of Genius
Author: Lawrence F. AllenPublisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1977277713
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Explore world history in one book and learn about the one hundred greatest thinkers who built our civilization in science, religion, art, and philosophy. Seize the keys to the doors of those knowledge seeking individuals and understand both the well-known and the obscure from all cultures and how they relate to each other.
Li Qingzhao: an Homage to
Author: Jean Elizabeth Ward, Poet LaureatePublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435715136
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Painter from Shanghai: A Novel
Author: Jennifer Cody EpsteinPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393070298
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Reminiscent of Memoirs of a Geisha, a re-imagining of the life of Pan Yuliang and her transformation from prostitute to post-Impressionist. Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River and into the seedy backrooms of "The Hall of Eternal Splendor," through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China ripped apart by civil war and teetering on the brink of revolution: this novel tells the story of Pan Yuliang, one of the most talented—and provocative—Chinese artists of the twentieth century.Jennifer Cody Epstein's epic brings to life the woman behind the lush, Cezannesque nude self-portraits, capturing with lavish detail her life in the brothel and then as a concubine to a Republican official who would ultimately help her find her way as an artist. Moving with the tide of historical events, The Painter from Shanghai celebrates a singularly daring painting style—one that led to fame, notoriety, and, ultimately, a devastating choice: between Pan's art and the one great love of her life.
The European Garden Flora Flowering Plants
Author: James CullenPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521761514
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 663
Book Description
The European Garden Flora is the definitive manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental flowering plants. Designed to meet the highest scientific standards, the vocabulary has nevertheless been kept as uncomplicated as possible so that the work is fully accessible to the informed gardener as well as to the professional botanist. This new edition has been thoroughly reorganised and revised, bringing it into line with modern taxonomic knowledge. Although European in name, the Flora covers plants cultivated in most areas of the United States and Canada as well as in non-tropical parts of Asia and Australasia. Volume 2 contains accounts of the first 71 families of Dicotyledons, including the Aizoaceae and Cactaceae (large and important families of succulents), as well as many tree families (Juglandaceae, Betulaceae, Fagaceae, Ulmaceae) and popular herbaceous plants (Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae, Cruciferae).
Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography
Author: Kerry BrownPublisher: Berkshire Publishing Group
ISBN: 1933782617
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1744
Book Description
The Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography, the first publication of its kind since 1898, is the work of more than one hundred internationally recognized experts from nearly a dozen countries. It has been designed to satisfy the growing thirst of students, researchers, professionals, and general readers for knowledge about China. It makes the entire span of Chinese history manageable by introducing the reader to emperors, politicians, poets, writers, artists, scientists, explorers, and philosophers who have shaped and transformed China over the course of five thousand years. In 135 entries, ranging from 1,000 to 8,000 words and written by some of the world's leading China scholars, the Berkshire Dictionary of Chinese Biography takes the reader from the important (even if possibly mythological) figures of ancient China to Communist leaders Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. The in-depth essays provide rich historical context, and create a compelling narrative that weaves abstract concepts and disparate events into a coherent story. Cross-references between the articles show the connections between times, places, movements, events, and individuals.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright OfficePublisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1602
Book Description
The European Garden Flora
Author: Stuart Max WaltersPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521361712
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
This is the third volume in a series of six and contains accounts of the first 48 families of dicotyledons, including many well known trees. The series is a manual for the accurate identification of cultivated ornamental plants throughout the world, concentrating specifically on Europe.
Critical Survey of Poetry
Author: Frank Northen MagillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Author: